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Bumble Bee Slim
Amos Easton
b. May 7, 1905 in Brunswick, Georgia
d. June 8, 1968 in Los Angeles, California

discography

This discography is a non-commercial labor-of-love and is in no way associated with any business firm.
All I know about the resp. artist's / label's musical output is shown on this page. To purchase out-of-print records I recommend an ebay, gemm or google search. And - sorry for that - I have not the time to answer any e-mails asking me about further information, let alone duplicating out-of-print recordings I happen to own.

Stefan Wirz   www.wirz.de

Bumble Bee Slim 78 rpm / LPs / CDs

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#year
of release
titlelabel # / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
11931Bumble Bee Slim

- Stumblin' Block Blues (L-1121-1)
- Yo Yo String Blues (L-1123-2)

rec. c. October 1931 in Grafton, WI; Bumble Bee Slim, voc; unknown, g

Paramount 13102
21931Bumble Bee Slim

- No Woman No Nickel (L-1120-3)   @ youtube
- Chain Gang Bound (L-1122-2)   @ youtube

rec. c. October 1931 in Grafton, WI; Amos Easton, voc; unknown, g

Paramount 13109

= Champion 50024
(as by "Shelley" Armstrong)

31931Bumble Bee Slim

- Rough Rugged Road Blues (L-1119-1)
- Honey Bee Blues (L-1124-2)

rec. c. October 1931 in Grafton, WI; Amos Easton, voc; unknown, g

Paramount 13132
41932Bumble Bee Slim

- Piney Woods Working Man (11516-A)
- Hard To Get (My Favor Rite Blues) (11517-A)

rec. March 17, 1932 in New York City; Amos Easton, voc; prob. Myrtle Jenkins, p; prob. Willie Bee James, g

Vocalion 1691
51932Amos Easton

- M And O Blues - Part I (J(C-8588-A)
- M And O Blues - Part II (J(C-8589-A)

rec. April 21, 1932 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; prob. Georgia Tom Dorsey, p

Vocalion 1694
61932Bumble Bee Slim

- Greasy Greens (11502-A) #   @ youtube
- I'm Waitin' On You (11503-A)   @ qmarketing

rec. March 16, 1932 in New York City; Amos Easton, voc; Myrtle Jenkins, p; Willie Bee James, g; # unknown male, 2nd voc



Vocalion 1719
71932Bumble Bee Slim

- B and O Blues (11504-A)
- Queen Bee Blues (11505-A)

rec. March 16, 1932 in New York City; Amos Easton, voc; Myrtle Jenkins, p; Willie Bee James, g

Vocalion 1720
81934Bumble Bee Slim & his Three Sharks

- The New B & O Blues (CP-1025-1)
- Busy Devil (CP-1031-1) #

rec. March 22, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; # unknown, cl; unknown (poss. Thomas A. Dorsey), p; unknown, g; unknown, md

Vocalion 02713
91934Bumble Bee Slim & his Three Sharks

- Someday Things Will Be Breaking My Way (CP-1022-2)
- Baby So Long (CP-1023-1)

rec. March 22, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; unknown (poss. Thomas A. Dorsey), p; unknown, g; unknown, md

Vocalion 02728
101934Bumble Bee Slim & his Three Sharks

- Runnin' Drunk Blues (CP-1029-1)
- East St. Louis Blues (CP-1030-1) #

rec. March 22, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; # unknown, cl; unknown (poss. Thomas A. Dorsey), p; unknown, g; unknown, md

Vocalion 02742
111934Bumble Bee Slim & his Three Sharks

- Lost Confidence Blues (CP-1024-A)
- Wrecked Life Blues (CP-1028-1)

rec. March 22, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; unknown (poss. Thomas A. Dorsey), p; unknown, g; unknown, md

Vocalion 02773
121934Amos

- Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On (80401-1)
- Step Child (80403-1)

rec. March 23, 1932 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; unknown, p; two unknowns, g

Bluebird B5475
131934Amos

- Squalling Panther Blues (80400-1) #
- Dead And Gone Mother (80402-1) *

rec. March 23, 1932 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; # unknown, p; two unknowns, g; * unknown, 3rd g

Bluebird B5517

= Bluebird B6649

141934Amos

- Sad And Lonesome (80406-1) #
- Bye Bye Baby Blues (80408-1) *

rec. March 23, 1932 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; unknown, p; two unknowns, g

Bluebird B5563

# = Bluebird B6834

* = Bluebird B6635

151934BUMBLE BEE SLIM

- Cruel Hearted Woman Blues - Part I (C-9392-A)
- Cruel Hearted Woman Blues - Part II (C-9393-A)

rec. September 6, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; unknown, p; two unknowns, g; unknow, plucked vn

Decca 7021
161934BUMBLE BEE SLIM

- The Longest Day You Live - Part 1 (C-9394-A)
- The Longest Day You Live - Part 2 (C-9395-A)

rec. September 6, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; unknown, p; two unknowns, g; unknow, plucked vn

Decca 7045
171934Bumble Bee Slim

- Helping Hand Blues (CP-1108-2)
- Bad Disposition Blues (CP-1111-1)

rec. September 7, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; poss. Jimmie Gordon, p; poss. Willie Bee James, g

Vocalion 02809
181934Bumble Bee Slim

- Rough Road Blues (CP-1109-1)
- New Mean Mistreater Blues (CP-1110-1)

rec. September 7, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; poss. Jimmie Gordon, p; poss. Willie Bee James, g

Vocalion 02829
191934Bumble Bee Slim

- Climbing On Top Of The Hill (Tricky Woman Blues) (C-9430-A)
- Ain't It A Crying Shame (C-9431-A)

rec. September 10, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; poss. Jimmie Gordon, p; poss. Willie Bee James, g

Decca 7031
201934Bumble Bee Slim

- Cold-Blooded Murder (C-738-A) *
- Sail On Little Girl No. 2 (C-734-A) #

# rec. October 19, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; prob. Big Bill Broonzy, prob. Willie Bee James or Charlie Jackson, g

* rec. October 20, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; unknown, p; prob. Big Bill Broonzy, g





Vocalion 02865
211934Bumble Bee Slim

- Bad Gal (C-731-B) #
- Burned Down Mill (C-739-A) *

# rec. October 19, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; prob. Big Bill Broonzy, prob. Willie Bee James or Charlie Jackson, g

* rec. October 20, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc, * whistling; unknown, p; prob. Big Bill Broonzy, g

Vocalion 02885

= Brunswick A86007 (G)

   

- Bad Gal (C-731-A) #
- Black Gal, What Makes You Head So Hard (C-732-B) []
- Black Gal, What Makes You Head So Hard (C-732-C)
- I Tried Everything I Could (C-733-A) #
- Good Morning (C-735-A) *
- Good Morning (C-735-B) *

rec. October 19, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; prob. Big Bill Broonzy, prob. Willie Bee James or Charlie Jackson, g; [] prob Charlie Jackson, bj
ARC unissued

# RST BD-2085
# Document DOCD-5262

* Document DOCD-5570

   

- Aching Pain Blues (C-737-A) # *
- Burned Down Mill (C-739-B) *

rec. October 20, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc, * whistling; unknown, p; prob. Big Bill Broonzy, g
Vocalion unissued

# RST BD 2108
* Document DOCD-5262

221934Amos

- Mean Mistreatin' Woman( 80935-1) #
- Worrisome Woman Blues (80936-1) *

rec. October 27, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; prob. Carl Martin, poss. Big Bill Broonzy, g

Bluebird B5780

# = Bluebird B6586
* = Bluebird B6559

231934Amos

- Mean Bad Man Blues (80937-1) *
- Muddy Water Blues (80938-1) #

rec. October 27, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; unknown, p; prob. Carl Martin, poss. Big Bill Broonzy, g

Bluebird B5862

# = Bluebird B6586
* = Bluebird B6612

   

- Black Gal, What Makes Your Head So Hard? (C-732-D)
- Aching Pain Blues (C-737-C)

rec. October 30, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; unknown, p; unknown, g
ARC unissued
241934Bumble Bee Slim

- Running Bad Luck Blues (C-867- )
- You Can't Take It, Baby (C-868-A)

rec. November 26, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; prob. Carl Martin, unknown, 2nd g

Vocalion 02903
251934Bumble Bee Slim

- I Tried Everything I Could (C-733-D)
- Blues Before Daylight (C-866-B)

rec. November 26, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; prob. Carl Martin, unknown, 2nd g

Vocalion 02930
261934Bumble Bee Slim

- My Troubles (C-864-B)
- Way Down In Georgia (C-869-A) #

rec. November 26, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; prob. Carl Martin, unknown, 2nd g; # voc duet with Ted Bogan

Vocalion 02970
   

- Muddy Water (C-865-A)
- Muddy Water (C-865-B)

rec. November 26, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; prob. Carl Martin, unknown, 2nd g; # voc duet with Ted Bogan
ARC unissued
271935Bumble Bee Slim

- Bleeding Heart Blues (C-9683-B) #
- Good Woman Blues (C-9771-A) *

# rec. January 18, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; prob. Charlie Segar or Horace Malcolm, p; unknown, g

* rec. February 1, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; prob. Charlie Segar or Horace Malcolm, p; unknown, g

Decca 7053
281935Bumble Bee Slim

- Let's Pitch A Boogie Woogie (C-9684-d) #
- Farewell Mistreater Blues (C-9769-A) *

# rec. January 18, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; prob. Charlie Segar or Horace Malcolm, p; unknown, g

* rec. February 1, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; prob. Charlie Segar or Horace Malcolm, p; unknown, g



Decca 7054
291935Bumble Bee Slim

- My Black Gal Blues No. 1 (C-9681-A)
- My Black Gal Blues No. 2 (C-9682-A)

rec. January 18, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; prob. Charlie Segar or Horace Malcolm, p; unknown, g

Decca 7071
301935Bumble Bee Slim

- Mean Bloody Murder Blues (C-9918-A)
- Walking And Drifting Blues (C-9919-A)

rec. April 12, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; unknown, p; Charlie McCoy, g

Decca 7079
311935Bumble Bee Slim

- Good Evening Blues (C-9686-A) #
- When The Sun Goes Down (C-9920-A) *

# rec. January 18, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; prob. Charlie Segar or Horace Malcolm, p; unknown, g

* rec. April 12, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; unknown, p; Charlie McCoy, g

Decca 7089
321935BUMBLE BEE SLIM

- The Death Of Leroy Carr (Dedicated To The Memory Of Leroy Carr) 90083-A) *
- Blue Blues (C-9406-A) #

# rec. September 6, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; unknown, p; two unknowns, g; unknown, plucked vn

* rec. July 7, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; Dorothy Rice, p; Scrapper Blackwell, g



Decca 7098


= Broadway 9005
(as by Leroy Carr's Buddy)

331935BUMBLE BEE SLIM

- What's Wrong? (C-9917-A) #
- Sail On Sail On Blues 90091-A) *

# rec. April 12, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; unknown, p; Charlie McCoy, g

* rec. July 8, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; Dorothy Rice, p; Scrapper Blackwell, g

Decca 7101
341935BUMBLE BEE SLIM and his Rhythm Riffers

- I'll Take You Back (90305-A) #
- Sick And Tired Of Singing The Blues (90306-A) *

rec. September 6, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, * voc; unknown, t; unknown, as/ts; unknown, ts; unknown, p; unknown, g; unknown, sb; # Jimmie Gordon, voc

Decca 7121
   

- I Got 'em All (90307)
- When The Deal Goes Down (90308)

rec. September 6, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, * voc; unknown, t; unknown, as/ts; unknown, ts; unknown, p; unknown, g; unknown, sb; # Jimmie Gordon, voc
Decca unissued
351935BUMBLE BEE SLIMm

- Smoky Mountain Blues (90084-A) #
- Hey Lawdy Mama (90092-A) *

# rec. July 7, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; Dorothy Rice, p; Scrapper Blackwell, g

* rec. July 8, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; Dorothy Rice, p; Scrapper Blackwell, g

Decca 7126
361935BUMBLE BEE SLIM

- My Old Pal Blues (Dedicated To The Memory Of Leroy Carr) (90189-A)
- Last Respects (Dedicated To The Memory Of Leroy Carr) (90190-A)

rec. July 18/19, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; Dorothy Rice, p; Scrapper Blackwell, g

Decca 7127
371935BUMBLE BEE SLIM

- New When The Sun Goes Down (90319-A)
- Happy Life Blues (90321-A)

rec. September 11, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, * voc; unknown, p; unknown, g; unknown, sb; # Jimmie Gordon, voc

Decca 7138
   

- How Can I Get It? (90320)

rec. September 11, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, ???; unknown, p; unknown, g; unknown, sb; Jimmie Gordon, voc
Decca unissued
381935BUMBLE BEE SLIM

- B And O Line Blues (C-9770-B)
- Some Old Rainy Day (C-9772-B)

rec. February 1, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; prob. Charlie Segar or Horace Malcolm, p; unknown, g

Decca 7145
391935BUMBLE BEE SLIM

- Deep Bass Boogie (C-9405-A) #
- Tired Of Your Low Down Nasty Ways (C-9685-c) *

# rec. September 6, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; unknown, p; two unknowns, g; unknown, plucked vn

* rec. January 18, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; prob. Charlie Segar or Horace Malcolm, p; unknown, g



Decca 7162
401936BUMBLE BEE SLIM (& PEETIE WHEATSTRAW)

BUMBLE BEE SLIM
- Meet Me In The Bottom (Hey Lawdy Mama) 90613-A) #
BUMBLE BEE SLIM & PEETIE WHEATSTRAW
- No Good Woman (Fighting Blues) 90614-A) *

rec. February 7, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Amos Easton, voc; Peetie Wheatstraw, p, * voc; # unknown, g

Decca 7170
411936BUMBLE BEE SLIM

- Cry On! Cry On! 61218-A)
- Funny Feelin' 61222-A)

rec. August 20, 1936 in New York City; Amos Easton, voc; Honey Hill, p; poss. Bill Gaither, g

Decca 7214
421936BUMBLE BEE SLIM

- Hard Driving Man 61220-A)
- Upside Down 61225-A)

rec. August 20, 1936 in New York City; Amos Easton, voc; Honey Hill, p; poss. Bill Gaither, g

Decca 7220
431936BUMBLE BEE SLIM

- Ease Me Down 61219-A)
- Lady Friend (Get Yourself A Job) 61223-A)

rec. August 20, 1936 in New York City; Amos Easton, voc; Honey Hill, p; poss. Bill Gaither, g

Decca 7232
441936BUMBLE BEE SLIM

- Must I Keep On Crying 61221-A)
- Letter Writing 61224-A)

rec. August 20, 1936 in New York City; Amos Easton, voc; Honey Hill, p; poss. Bill Gaither, g

Decca 7273
451936BUMBLE BEE SLIM

- Honest Confession (61227-A)
- I'm Gonna Tear Your Kingdom Down (61236-A)

rec. August 21, 1936 in New York City; Amos Easton, voc; Honey Hill, p; poss. Bill Gaither, g

Decca 7208
461936BUMBLE BEE SLIM

- Christmas And No Santa Claus (61228-A)
- Santa Claus Bring Me A New Woman (61235-A)

rec. August 21, 1936 in New York City; Amos Easton, voc; Honey Hill, p; poss. Bill Gaither, g

Decca 7239
471936BUMBLE BEE SLIM

- Buggie Bed (61229-A)
- Head Whippin' Party (61234-A)

rec. August 21, 1936 in New York City; Amos Easton, voc;

Decca 7249
481936BUMBLE BEE SLIM

- Blue Expression Blues (61233-A) #
- Every Goodbye Ain't Gone (61237-A) *

# rec. August 21, 1936 in New York City; Amos Easton, voc; Honey Hill, p; poss. Bill Gaither, g

* rec. August 23, 1936 in New York City; Amos Easton, voc; Honey Hill, p; poss. Bill Gaither, g

Decca 7300
491936BUMBLE BEE SLIM & HIS RHYTHM RIFFERS

- I's Gonna Break 'em Down (61230-A) #
- Past And Gone (61244-A) *

# rec. August 21, 1936 in New York City; Amos Easton, voc; Honey Hill, p; poss. Bill Gaither, g; # unknown, kazoo; # unknown, wb

* rec. August 23, 1936 in New York City; Amos Easton, voc; Honey Hill, p; poss. Bill Gaither, g

Decca 7343
501936BUMBLE BEE SLIM

- New How Long How Long (61226-A) #
- True Blue (61238-A) *

# rec. August 21, 1936 in New York City; Amos Easton, voc; Honey Hill, p; poss. Bill Gaither, g

* rec. August 23, 1936 in New York City; Amos Easton, voc; Honey Hill, p; poss. Bill Gaither, g

Decca 7371
   

- Let's Go Muggin' (61231-A)

rec. August 21, 1936 in New York City; Amos Easton, voc; Honey Hill, p; poss. Bill Gaither, g
Decca unissued
511936BUMBLE BEE SLIM

- Please Baby (61240-A)
- The Jive Of Mine (61243-A)

rec. August 23, 1936 in New York City; Amos Easton, voc; Honey Hill, p; poss. Bill Gaither, g

Decca 7423
521936BUMBLE BEE SLIM

- Green Country Gal (No More To Say) (61241-A)
- If I Could Speak My Mind (61242-A)

rec. August 23, 1936 in New York City; Amos Easton, voc; Honey Hill, p; poss. Bill Gaither, g

Decca 7440
   

- Rockpile Blues (61239-A)

rec. August 23, 1936 in New York City; Amos Easton, voc; Honey Hill, p; poss. Bill Gaither, g
Decca unissued

Man at Work !!!
 

27 Feb 1935
- There You Stand (85529-1)
- Tell Me What It's All About (85530-1)
- You Gotta Change Your Way (85531-1)
- Milk Cow Blues (85532-1)
- Everybody's Fishing (85533-1)
- Guilty Woman Blues (85534-1)

4 Apr 1935
- Big 80 Blues (C-949-B)
- Bricks In My Pillow (C-950-A)
- Policy Dream Blues (You Better Get On It) (C-951-B)
- If The Blues Was Whiskey (C-952-A)
- Right From Wrong (C-953-A)
- Feather Bed Blues (C-954-A)

26 Jun 1935
- Can't You Trust Me No More? (C-1028-B)
- Baby Fare You Well Document (C-1029-A)
- Baby Fare You Well Document (C-1029-B)
- Where Was You Last Night? (C-1030-A)
- I Done Lost My Baby (C-1031-A)
- I'm Needing Someone (Exactly Like You) (C-1032-A)

11 Jul 1935
- I Keep On Drinking (To Drive My Blues Away) - Part 1 (C-1065-A)
- I Keep On Drinking (To Drive My Blues Away) - Part 2 (C-1066-A)
- Sometimes Blues (C-1067-A)
- Steady Roll Mama Blues (C-1068-A)
- Fattenin' Frogs For Snakes (C-1069-B)
- Lemon Sqeezing Blues (C-1070-B)

18 Jul 1935
- When The Sun Goes Down (C-1071-A)
- Sail On Little Girl - No. 3 (C-1072-B)
- Cold Blooded Murder - No. 2 (C-1073-A)

18/19 Jul 1935
- How Long How Long Blues 90185-A)
- You Don't Mean Me No Good 90186-A)
- New B & O Blues 90187-A)
- Prison Bound Blues 90188-A)

22 Jul 1935
- Sloppy Drunk Blues 90196-A)
- D.B.A. Blues 90197-A)

5 Feb 1936
- When Somebody Loses (Then Somebody Wins) (C-1223-2)
- Ramblin' With That Woman (C-1224-2)
- This Old Life I'm Living (C-1225-2)
- Dumb Tricks Blues (C-1226-1)
- Dumb Tricks Blues (C-1226-2)

6 Feb 1936
- New Orleans Stop Time (C-1227-2)
- You Got To Live And Let Live (C-1228-1)
- Hard Rocks In My Bed (C-1229-1)
- Who's Been Here Today (C-1230-1)
- Who's Been Here Today (C-1230- )
- I Done Caught My Death Of Cold (C-1231-1)
- No More Biscuit Rolling Here (C-1232-1)
- No More Biscuit Rolling Here (C-1232-2)

11 Mar 1936
- When The Music Sounds Good (C-1293-2)
- When I Get My Money (I Mean My Bonus) (C-1294-2)

2 Apr 1936
- New Bricks In My Pillow (C-1340-1)
- New Big 80 Blues (C-1341-1)
- New Policy Dream Blues (C-1342-1)
- Back In Jail Again (C-1343-2)
- Wet Clothes Blues (C-1344-1)
- Any Time A Night (C-1345-2)
- Fast Life Blues (C-1346-2)
- Rock Hearted Woman (C-1347-2)

4 Nov 1936
- Hobo Jungle Blues (C-1647-2)
- Slave Man Blues (C-1648-1)
- I'm Going To Live My Life Alone (C-1649-1)
- I'm Going To Live My Life Alone (C-1649-2)
- My Big Moments (C-1654-1)
- I'll Meet You In The Bottom (C-1655-1)
- Meet Me At The Landing (C-1656-2)

12 Nov 1936
- One Lonesome Day (C-1661-1)
- One Lonesome Day (C-1661-2)
- Big Six (C-1662-1)
- Just Yesterday (C-1663-1)
- Rough Treatment (C-1664-2)

27 Jan 1937
- Pains In My Body (C-1777-1)
- Pains In My Body (C-1777-2)
- I'm Having So Much Trouble (C-1778-1)
- Rising River Blues (C-1779-1)
- Rising River Blues (C-1779-2)
- If I Make It Over (C-1780-1)
- She Never (C-1781-1)
- She Never (C-1781-2)
- It Ain't No Trouble (C-1782-1)
- It Ain't No Trouble (C-1782-2)
- 12 O'clock Southern Train (C-1783-1)
- 12 O'clock Midnight (C-1784-1)
- You Sure Look Good To Me (C-1785-1)
- Woman For Every Man (C-1786-1)
- Woman For Every Man (C-1786-2)

10 Jun 1937
- Bumble Bee's New Muddy Water (C-1932-1)
- When Your Deal Goes Down (i'll Come Back To You) (C-1933-2)
- Goodbye (I'll Try To Forget) (C-1934-1)
- Goodbye (I'll Try To Forget) (C-1934-2)
- Uncertain Blues (C-1935-2?)
- Uncertain Blues (C-1935-2)

22 Jun 1937
- You've Got To Do As I Bid You (C-1943-2)
- Cross Country (C-1944-1)
- Cross Country (C-1944-2)
- You Brought Me Back (C-1945-2?)
- You Brought Me Here [sic] (C-1945-2)
- Going Back To Florida (C-1946-2?)
- Going Back To Florida (C-1946-2)
- Good Old Easy Street (C-1948-2)
a1951AMOS EASTON

- Lonesome Trail Blues (BB-2)
- Strange Angel (BB-3)   @ qmarketing

rec. August 15, 1951 in Los Angeles, CA; Amos Easton, voc; Maurice Simon, as; Maxwell Davis, ts; Jewell Grant, ts; Willard McDaniel, p; Mitchell 'Tiny' Webb, g; Billy Hadnott, b; Oscar Lee Bradley, dr



Specialty 410
   

- Please, Please, Please (BB-1)
- Sometimes (BB-4) #

rec. August 15, 1951 in Los Angeles, CA; Amos Easton, voc; Maurice Simon, as; Maxwell Davis, ts; Jewell Grant, ts; Willard McDaniel, p; Mitchell 'Tiny' Webb, g; Billy Hadnott, b; Oscar Lee Bradley, dr
Specialty unissued

# Specialty CD 7065

b1951BUMBLE BEE SLIM

- Lonesome Old Feeling (BB-6) #
- Ida Red (BB-10) *

# rec. August 15, 1951 in Los Angeles, CA; Amos Easton, voc; Willard McDaniel, p; Mitchell 'Tiny' Webb, g; Billy Hadnott, b; Oscar Lee Bradley, dr

* rec. November 2, 1951 in Los Angeles, CA; Amos Easton, voc; Willard McDaniel, p; Mitchell 'Tiny' Webb, g; Billy Hadnott, b; Oscar Lee Bradley, dr



Fidelity 3004
   

- Lonesome Old Feeling (BB-11)
- Tiny's Boogie (BB-13)

rec. November 2, 1951 in Los Angeles, CA; Amos Easton, voc; Willard McDaniel, p; Mitchell 'Tiny' Webb, g; Billy Hadnott, b; Oscar Lee Bradley, dr
Fidelity unissued

Specialty CD 7065

c19??KING BUMBLE BEE SLIM & HIS PACIFIC COAST SENDERS

- Two Guitar's Battle (MGR 100-4)
- Twin Beds (MGR 101-4) #

rec. ??? in Los Angeles, CA; Amos Easton, voc, g; # ts; Kid Hall, g; p; b; dr

Marigold no #

LP / CD compilations
11960Low Down Blues

Leroy Carr
- Mean Mistreater Mama No. 2

Bumble Bee Slim
- I Done Lost My Baby [Vocalion 03054]
Charlie Campbell
- Goin' Away Blues
Jack Kelly
- Red Ripe Tomatoes
Blind Boy Fuller
- Thousand Woman Blues [sic]
Big Bill Broonzy
- Come Home Early
Washboard Sam
- I'm A Prowlin' Groundhog

Black Boy Shine
- Coal Woman Blues
Mississippi John Hurt
- Stack O'Lee Blues
Texas Alexander
- Katy Crossing Blues
Roosevelt Scott
- Do You Call That Right?
Yas Yas Girl
- Reckless Life Blues
Brownie McGhee
- Try Me One More Time
Little Bill Gaither
- A Short Cut To The Grave
Champion Jack Dupree
- Heavy Heart Blues


ed. by H.R. Rookmaaker
notes by H.R. Rookmaaker

Fontana 682.099 T (NL)

Fontana discography

21961?Bumble Bee Slim
Treasures of North American Negro Music Vol. 10

- Burned Down Mill [Vocalion 02885]
- Wet Clothes Blues [Vocalion 03267]

- My Big Moments [Vocalion 03550]
- Big Six [Vocalion 03550]

45 rpm EP
notes by
Henderik R. Rookmaaker

Fontana 467.182 TE (NL)
31962Bumble Bee Slim: Back In Town

- Direct South #
- Wake Up In The Mornin' * §
- Driftin' Blues #
- Puppy Love *
- New B & O Blues * [] §

- Midnight Special #
- In The Evening *
- Meet Me In The Bottom * §
- Wee Baby Blues * §
- I'm The One * §

rec. 1962 at Pacific Jazz Studios, Hollywood, CA; prod. by Richard Bock
# Bumble Bee Slim, voc, g; Les McCann, p; Leroy Vinnegar, b
* Bumble Bee Slim, voc; [] Lou Blackburn, tb; Curtis Amy, ts; Richard Holmes, org; Joe Pass g; [] Leroy Vinnegar, b; § Ron Jefferson, dr

front and back cover photographs by Woody Woodward
notes (May 1962) by
Bumble Bee Slim
(Pete Welding)

Pacific Jazz PJ-54 (1962)




(=) Pacific Jazz ST-54

notes by Paul Oliver



= Fontana 688 138 ZL
(1964)
"Bee's back in town"

Fontana discography

41963Hootenanny Saturday Night!

Bud & Travis
- Raspberries And Strawberries
- La Bamba
Gold Coast Singers
- Gunga Din
The Folkswingers
- Wabash Cannonball
- Midnight Speacial

Lynn Gold
- Quiet Land
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Livin' With The Blues
Barbara Dane
- How Long Blues

Bumble Bee Slim
- Wake Up In The Mornin'
Lightnin' Hopkins
- How Long Have I Been Gone
click to enlarge !

click to read notes !
World Pacific WP-1813 (1958)

click to enlarge !
= Fontana 688 009 ZL (1963)

Fontana discography

5196?Bumble Bee Slim

- Greasy Greens
- I'm Waitin' On You
- B And O Blues
- Queen Bee Blues
- Sail On Little Girl No. 2
- Cold-blooded Murder
- Bricks In My Pillow
- If The Blues Was Whiskey

- Feather Bed Blues
- What's Wrong?
- Sail On Sail On Blues
- I Keep On Drinking (To Drive My Blues Away) - Part 1
- I Keep On Drinking (To Drive My Blues Away) - Part 2
- Fattenin' Frogs For Snakes
- Lemon Sqeezing Blues
- Fast Life Blues


Memory BBS 1 (Fr)
61967All Star Blues

Memphis Slim
- Whisky And Gin
- How Long Blues
Lowell Fulson
- Don't Be So Evil
Floyd Dixon
- Houston Jump
Lowell Fulson
- Poor Boy Blues
Floyd Dixon
- Sad Feeling Blues

Lowell Fulson
- My Woman Can't Be Found

Bumble Bee Slim
- Lonesome Old Feeling
Smokey Hogg
- Bottle Up And Go [Combo 4]
- Ooh! Baby [Combo 4]
John Lee Hooker
- Little Mae Belle
- Lou Della
notes by Paul Oliver



Polydor 423 243 (Germany)
71967Out Came The Blues   Vol. 2

- Let Your Linen Hang Low - Rosetta Howard
- Southern Casey Jones - Jesse James
- Pigmeat Blues - Georgia White
- Black Snake Blues - Victoria Spivey
- All Night Long Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Got The Blues For The West End - Lonnie Johnson
- Callin' Corrine - Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon

- I Ain't No Ice Man - Cow Cow Davenport
- Double Dozens (You Dirty No Gooder) - Sweet Pease Spivey
- Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James
- Blue Ghost Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Walking The Street - Georgia White

- Green Country Gal - Bumble Bee Slim
- No Good Man - Trixie Smith




Ace of Hearts AH 158
81968The Georgia Blues 1927-1933

Fred McMullen
- Wait And Listen
Gitfiddle Jim
- Paddlin' Blues [Paddlin' Madeline Blues]
George Carter
- Rising River Blues
- Hot Jelly Roll Blues
Gitfiddle Jim
- Rainy Night Blues
Peg Leg Nowell
- Rolling Mill Blues
Willie Baker
- Weak-Minded Blues

Blind Blake
- Police Dog Blues
- That'll Never Happen No More

Bumble Bee Slim
- No Woman No Nickel
Charlie Lincoln
- Doodle Hole Blues
Barbecue Bob
- Unnamed Blues
Willie Baker
- Crooked Woman Blues
Sylvester Weaver
- Can't Be Trusted Blues
notes by Stephen Calt,
Nick Perls & Michael Stewart
click to enlarge!

click to enlarge!

click to enlarge!
Yazoo L 1012

click to enlarge!
= CD 1012 YAZ (1992)

click to enlarge!
= Vivid VSCD-1156 (Jp)

Yazoo discography

91968Screening The Blues
Aspects Of The Blues Tradition

Jack Ranger
- Thieving Blues
Butterbeans And Susie
- Papa Ain't No Santa Claus (Mama Ain't No Christmas Tree)
Washington Phillips
- Denomination Blues
Hambone Willie Newbern
- Nobody Knows (What The Good Deacon Does)
- Roll And Tumble Blues

Bumble Bee Slim
- Policy Dream Blues
Memphis Minnie
- He's In The Ring (Doing The Same Old Thing)

Memphis Minnie
- Joe Louis Strut
George Noble
- Sissy Man Blues
Robert Johnson
- Phonograph Blues
Clara Smith
- It's Tight Like That
Bertha Idaho
- Down On Pennsylvania Avenue
Curley Weaver
- Sweet Petunia
Bessie Jackson
- Shave 'em Dry
Lucille Bogan
- Shave 'em Dry
notes by Paul Oliver



CBS 63 288

= CBS/Sony ECPJ-24

101969Masters Of The Blues 1928-1940

Robert Johnson (recorded Dallas, June 20, 1937)
- Little Queen Of Spades
- Love In Vain Blues
Curley Weaver accompanied by Blind Willie McTell (recorded Chicago, April 23, 1935)
- Sometime Mama
- Two Faced Woman
Little Bill Gaither (recorded Chicago, June 12, 1940)
- Georgia Barrel House
Blind Boy Fuller (recorded Chicago, June 12, 1940)
- You Got To Have Your Dollar
Robert Hill (recorded New Orleans, Oct 15, 1936)
- I Had A Gal For The Last Fifteen Years

Tommy Johnson (recorded Memphis, August 31, 1928)
- Lonesome Blues (take 1) unissued
- Lonesome Blues (take 2) unissued
- Canned Heat Blues

Bumble Bee Slim (Amos Easton) with Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell (NY, March 16, 1932)
- I'm Waitin' On You
Frank Stokes (recorded Memphis, Feb 2, 1928)
- Downtown Blues (unissued take)
Texas Alexander (recorded San Antonio, March 10, 1928) with Eddie Lang & Lonnie Johnson
- Yellow Girl Blues
- I Am Calling Blues
notes by Chris Albertson



Historical HLP-31

Historical discography

111969Favorite Country Blues Piano-Guitar Duets 1929-1937

Willie Harris
- West Side Blues
Charlie Spand
- Good Gal
- Back To The Woods Blues
Leroy Carr
- Sloppy Drunk Blues
Roosevelt Sykes "& Clifford Gibson"
- Tired Of Being Mistreated
Springback James
- Poor Coal Passer
Leola Manning
- The Blues Is All Wrong

Joe Evans
- Down In Black Bottom
- Shook Woman Blues
Blind Blake
- Poker Woman Blues
Walter Davis
- Sloppy Drunk Again
Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Monkey Man Blues

Bumble Bee Slim
- New Orleans Stop Time
Buddy Woods
- Don't Sell It, Don't Give It Away

notes by Stephen Calt,
Jerome Epstein, Nick
Perls, Michael Stewart
drawing by Rory Block



Yazoo L-1015

Yazoo discography

121969Vintage Country Blues Vol. 6

Scrapper Blackwell
Big Bill Broonzy
- Something Good

Bumble Bee Slim
- Everybody's Fishing
Tommy Griffin
- Mistreatin' Papa
- Snake Hipping Blues
Frank James
- Springback Papa

Elijah Jones
- Katy Fly
- Mean Actin' Mama
Robert Petway
- Let Me Be Your Boss
Josh White
- Cherry Picker
- Pigmeat And Whiskey Blues
Joe Williams
- Crawlin' King Snake
Blind Squire Turner
- She Ain't No Girl Of Mine
- Pitty-Pat Blues


Down With The Game D 206

DWTG discography

131970Recording The Blues

Lucille Bogan
- Skin Game Blues
Bertha 'Chippie' Hill (with Louis Armstrong)
- Kid Man Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Rabbit Foot Blues
Whistlin' Alex Moore
- Blue Bloomer Blues
Barbecue Bob
- Crooked Woman Blues
Georgia Cotton Pickers
- She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day
Rev. J. M. Gates
- Death's Black Train Is Coming
Mississippi Sheiks
- Loose Like That

Blind Willie Johnson
- When The War Was On
Allan Shaw
- I Couldn't Help It
Tim Wilkins
- New Stock Yard Blues

Bumble Bee Slim
- Bricks In My Pillow
Big Bill
- Detroit Special
Lil Johnson
- Press My Button (Ring My Bell)
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Ain't It A Pity And A Shame
Pinetop Burks
- Fannie Mae Blues
click to enlarge !
CBS M 52797 (UK)
= Epic Sony ECPJ-23 (Jp)
141970Early Folk Blues Vol. 2 Hometown Skiffle

Beale Street Sheiks
- You Shall
Excelsior Quartette
- Jelly Roll Blues
Mississippi Sheiks
- Too Long
Napoleon Fletcher
- She Showed It All
Hokum Boys
- I'm Gonna Get It
Ol Ced Odom & Lil "Diamonds" Hardaway
- Derbytown
Paramount All Stars
- Hometown Skiffle - part 1
- Hometown Skiffle - part 2

Beale Street Sheiks
- It's A Good Thing
Excelsior Quartette
- Kitchen Mechanic Blues
Winston Holmes and Charlie Turner
- Skinner

Bumble Bee Slim
- Slave Man Blues
Hokum Boys
- Keep Your Mind On It
Tampa Red and The Chicago Five
- Stop Truckin' And Suzi-Q
Yank Rachell
- Texas Tommy
The Delta Boys
- Every Time My Heart Beats

Matchbox SDR 206
151970The Story Of The Blues Vol. 2

Side One, Guitar Pickers
Curly Weaver - No No Blues
Little Hat Jones - Hurry Blues
Emery Glen - Blue Blazes Blues
'Mooch' Richardson - Low Down Barrelhouse Blues 2
Lonnie Johnson - Broken Levee Blues
Buddy Moss - Undertaker Blues
J.B. Lenoir - Mojo Boogie
Son House - Pearline

Side Two, Piano Blues
Whistlin' Alex Moore - West Texas Woman
Sylvester Palmer - Lonesome Man Blues
George NobleThe Seminole Blues
Cripple Clarence Lofton - Brown Skin Blues

Bumble Bee Slim - Ramblin' With That Woman
Roosevelt Scott - Black Gal Blues
Roosevelt Sykes - Training Camp Blue
Champion Jack Dupree - Junker Blues



Side Three, Blues Girls
Maggy Jones - Good Time Flat Blues
Clara Smith - Whip It To A Jelly
Cleo Gibson - I've Got Ford Movement In My Hips
Martha Copeland - Desert Blues
Victoria Spivey - Christmas Morning Blues
Liza Brown, Ann Johnson - Get On Out Of Here
Merline Johnson - Good Old Easy Street
Big Maybelle - Maybelle's Blues


Side Four, Blues Groups
Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie - That Will Be Alright
Mississippi Mud Steppers - Jackson Stomp
Jazzbo Tommy & Lowlander's - Blaze Face Cow
Duskey Dailey & His Band - Miss Georgia Blues
Willie 'Long Time' Smith - My Buddy Dr. Clayton
Otis Rush - Love That Woman
Magic Sam - All Your Love
John Littlejohn - Been Around The World

CBS 66232

= CBS 88630 (UK)

= CBS 66426
(UK 4 LP set + Vol. 1)

161970/71?The Blues Tradition
Notable Performances by Early Bluesmen (1927-1932)

Big Bill Broonzy
- Big Bill Blues
- Mr. Conductor Man
King Solomon Hill
- The Gone Dead Train
- Tell Me, Baby

Bumble Bee Slim
- No Woman, No Nickel
- Chain Gang Bound
Willie Brown
- M & O Blues
- Future Blues

Blind Roosevelt Graves
- Staggerin' Blues
- Low Down Woman
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Peach Orchard Mama
- Oil Well Blues
Bobby Grant
- Nappy Head Blues
- Lonesome Atlanta Blues
Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Shaggy Dog Blues
- Jailhouse Fire Blues

"Reissued by special arrangement with John Steiner"; cover illustration [Sam Collins!] courtesy John Steiner; prod. by Orrin Keepnews

notes by Michael Cuscuna



Milestone MLP 2016

Milestone discography

171973The City Blues

Roosevelt Sykes
- Homesick Blues

Bumble Bee Slim
- Strange Angel
- Lonesome Trail Blues
Jesse Thomas
- Jack O'Diamonds
Mercy Dee
- The Drifter [Specialty previously unissued]
- Dark Muddy Bottom [Specialty 481]
Big Maceo Merriweather
- Just Tell Me Baby

Honeyboy
- Blood Stains On The Wall
- My Time Ain't Long
Gus Jenkins
- Cold Love
- Worries & Troubles
Frankie Lee Sims
- Yeh Baby
Mercy Dee & Thelma
- Rent Man Blues
Joe Turner
- Still In The Dark
notes by Samuel Charters

Specialty SNTF 5015 (UK)
181973Down Home Blues

- Big City Blues - Big Maceo
- Lonesome Old Feeling - Bumble Bee Slim
- I'll Get Along Sonehow - Frankie Lee Sims
- My Woman Knows The Score - Mercy Dee [Specialty 458]
- Cryin' For My Baby - Pete McKinley
- I'm through with You - Smokey Hogg
- I Ate The Wrong Part - Little Temple And His "88"

- One Sunday Morning - Big Maceo
- Goin' Back To Mama - Clarence London
- One Room Country Shack - Mercy Dee [Specialty 458]

- Ida Red - Bumble Bee Slim
- Yeh, Baby! - Frankie Lee Sims
- Mean Black - Pete McKinley
- Ay-Tete Fee - Clifton Chenier

Specialty SNTF 5024 (UK)

= Specialty SPY 28092
(Fr 1977)

191975Blues In The Thirties

The Mississippi Mudder (Joe & Charlie McCoy)
- Going Back Home Blues
Memphis Minnie
- Dirty Mother For You
Kokomo Arnold
- Old Black Cat Blues (Jinx Blues)
Blind Willie McTell
- Hillbilly Willie's Blues
Frankie Black (Scrapper Blackwell) & Dot Rice
- No Good Woman Blues
Sleepy John Estes
- Someday Baby Blues
The Honey Dripper (Roosevelt Sykes) & Kokomo Arnold
- The Honey Dripper

Jesse James
- Lonesome Day Blues

Bumble Bee Slim
- Green Country Gal (No More To Say)
Johnny Temple
- Louise Louise Blues
Alex Moore
- Bull Cow Blues
Andrew Hogg
- Family Trouble Blues
Blind Boy Fuller
- Some Day You're Gonna Be Sorry
Peetie Wheatstraw & Lonnie Johnson
- What More Can A Man Do?



MCA 3526 (Jp)
201975The Blues Box - Country Blues

Kokomo Arnold
- Shake That Thing
Baby Doo
- The Death Of Walter Barnes
Scrapper Blackwell
- Motherless Boy Blues
Dot Rice & Frankie Black
- Texas Stomp
Son Bonds
- Trouble Trouble Blues
Walter Coleman
- I'm Going To Cincinnati
- Smack That Thing
Blind Teddy Darby
- The Girl I Left Behind


Bumble Bee Slim
- Bleeding Heart Blues
Cow Cow Davenport
- I Ain't No Iceman
- Railroad Blues
Big Boy Teddy Edwards
- W-P-A Blues
- Louisiana
Blind Boy Fuller
- Stingy Mama
- Working Man Blues
Gene Gilmore
- Natchez Fire



Black Ace
- Whiskey And Women
Bill Gaither
Jimmie Gordon
Lee Green
Harlem Hamfats
Honey Hill
Frank James
Lonnie Johnson
Mary Johnson
Charlie McCoy
Kansas Joe McCoy
Robert Lee McCoy
Charlie McFadden
Barrel House Buck McFarland
Arthur McKay
Blind Willie McTell

Alice Moore
- Telephone Blues
Shorty Bob Parker
Charlie Pickett
Red Nelson
Sloke and Ike
Johnnie Strauss
Roosevelt Sykes
Johnny Temple
Curley Weaver
Peetie Wheatstraw
Georgia White
Oscar Woods

coll. by Robert "Bob" Hertwig (TELDEC product manager); liner notes (in German and English) by Robert Hertwig

4 LP set



MCA Coral 6.30106 (G)
= 6.30106 FK
= RCOX 7526/1-4

= MCA Coral 82.024 (G)

(=) Bob CD 203 (2006)

211976Bumble Bee Slim 1931-1937
Everybody's Fishing

- Everybody's Fishing
- Chain Gang Bound
- Baby So Long
- Some Things Will Be Breaking My Way
- Back In Jail Again
- New Policy Dream Blues
- New Big 80 Blues
- Hard Rocks In My Bed

- No More Biscuit Rolling Here
- 12 O'Clock Southern Train
- Just Yesterday
- This Old Life I'm Living
- Greasy Greens
- You Got To Live And Let Live
- Wet Clothes Blues
- Dead And Gone Mother



Magpie PY 1801

Magpie discography

221976Songs Of Complaint And Protest
Folk Music In America Vol. 7

Mattie, Marthie, and Minnie
- You Can’t Live With ‘Em (And You Can’t Live Without ‘Em)
Wilmoth Houdini
- Don’t Do That To Me
Dutch Coleman
- Granny Get Your Hair Cut
John McGhee
- Well World Doggone

Bumble Bee Slim
- Hard Rocks In My Bed
Jerry McCain And His Upstarts
- My Next Door Neighbour
Ewgen Zukowsky
- Wujko politykan

David McCarn
- Poor Man, Rich Man
Gabriel Brown
- I'm Gonna Take It Easy
Butch Cage & Willie Thomas
- Kill That Nigger Dead
J.B. Lenoir
- Mississippi Road
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
- Over The Hills To The Poorhouse
Bessie Tucker
- Key To The Bushes Blues
Walter Roland
- Collector Man Blues
The Tiger
- Workers' Appeal

collection ed. by Richard K. Spottswood for The Library of Congress, Archive of Folk Culture
click to enlarge !
Library of Congress LBC-7
231976Folk Music In America Vol. 11
Songs Of Humor And Hilarity


Maddox Bros. And Rose
- I'll Make Sweet Love To You
Ted Johnson And His Scandinavian Orchestra
- Nikolina
The Ozarkers
- The Arkansas Hotel
Sylvester Weaver
- Me And My Tapeworm
Smith, Fairley, Thomas and Smith
- Old Cold 'Tater
Atilla and The Lion
- Mamaguille
W. A. Lindsey And Alvin Conder
- I Surely Am Living A Ragtime Life
Claude Boone
- Down Where The Watermelons Grow
"Beans" Hambone-El Morrow
- "Beans"


Amos Easton (Bumble Bee Slim)
- Everybody's Fishin'
The Clovers
- Derbytown
Bruno Rudzinski
- Przyszedl Chlop Do Karczmy
Gail Gardner
- The Moonshine Steer
New Arkansas Travelers
- Handy Man
Harilaos
- To Sapounakj
Mrs. Juze Dereskeviciene
- Fordukas
Jimmie Strothers
- Tennessee Dog
Fiddlin' John Carson
- Ain't No Bugs On Me


notes by Dick Spottswood

Library of Congress
LBC-11
241978Arnett Nelson The Rhythm Kings 1936-1938
When The Music Sounds Good

Washboard Rhythm Kings
- Please Come Down To My House
- Brown Skin Mama
- Street-Walkin' Blues
- Arlena

Bumble Bee Slim
- When The Music Sounds Good
Tampa Red
- Maybe It's Someone Elese You Love
Leonard Scott
- You Done Tore Your Playhouse Down
- She's Got Something Good

Arnett Nelson
- Oh! Red
Victoria Spivey
- Any-Kind-A-Man
- I Ain't Gonna Let You See My Santa Claus
Casey Bill Weldon
- Christmas Time Blues
Washboard Sam
- You Got To Take It
Red Nelson
- Don't Tear My Clothes No. 3
Lorraine Walton
- Waiting Blues
Washboard Sam
- Down On The Old Village Store


New Orleans clarinettist Nelson as accompanist
notes by Ernest Virgo



Magpie PY 1803
25197?New Deal Blues

Joe McCoy
- Meat Cutter Blues
One Arm Slim
- Howling Man Blues
Black Ace
- Whiskey And Women
Lee Green
- Memphis Fives
Bo Carter
- Don't Do It No More
Peanut the Kidnapper
- Suicide Blues
Chatman Brothers
- If You Don't Want Me

Walter Davis
- Sweet Sixteen
Memphis Minnie
- Keep It To Yourself
Big Bill
- Dreamy Eyed Baby

Bumble Bee Slim
- You Can't Take It Baby
Pinetop
- Tell Her About Me
Sonny Scott
- Firewood Man
Scrapper Blackwell
- Alley Sally Blues


rec. 1933 - 39
notes by Don Kent
and Michael Stewart



Mamlish S-3801

Mamlish discography

261980The Accompanist 1933-1941
'play it for me' (The Piano Blues Vol. 14)

Bumble Bee Slim
- New Bricks In My Pillow
- New Orleans Stop Time
- Any Time A Night
- Rough Treatment
- When Somebody Loses
Johnson & Trowbridge
- Steady Grindin'
Lil Johnson
- I Lost My Baby
- Keep On Knocking

Carl Rafferty
- Dresser With The Drawers
Bill Gaither
- Georgia Woman Stomp
Charlie McFadden
- Times Are So Tight
Johnny Temple
- What Is That She Got
Mary Johnson
- Deceitful Woman
Blind Squire Turner
- Pitty Pat
Trowbridge
- Bad Luck Blues
Kansas City Kitty
- Christmas Mornin'
foreword by Francis Smith
notes by Bob Hall
and Richard Noblett



Magpie PY 4414


Magpie discography

271981Francis 'Scrapper' Blackwell:
Blues That Make Me Cry


- Mr. Scrapper's Blues
- Down And Out Blues
- Non-Skid Tread
- Be-Da-Da-Bum
- Mean Baby Blues
- Sneaking Blues
- Morning Mail Blues
- Blues That Make Me Cry

- D Blues
- A Blues
- My Old Pal Blues
- Bad Liquor Blues

- The Death Of Leroy Carr
- Smoky Mountain Blues
- Wayback Blues
- Sail on sail on Blues

Agram AB 2008 (NL)
281983Boogie Blues
Women Sing & Play Boogie Woogie

Lil Armstrong - Original Boogie
Georgia White - Territory Blues
Helen Humes - Be Ba Ba Le Ba Boogie
Lucille Bogan - Alley Boogie
Hazel Scott - Brown Bee Boogie
Merline Johnson - Want To Woogie Some More
Sweet Georgia Brown - The Low Down Lonely Blues
Gladys Bentley - Before Midnight

Dorothy Donegan - Piano Boogie
Christine Chatman - The Boogie Woogie Girl
Ella Fitzgerald - Cow Cow Boogie
Memphis Minnie - Shout The Boogie
Hadda Brooks - Bully Wully Boogie

Myrtle Jenkins & Bumble Bee Slim - When Somebody Loses
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Strange Things Happening Every Day
Mary Lou Williams - Boogie Misterioso



Rosetta 1309
291986Bumble Bee Slim (Amos Easton)   1931-1937

- No Woman No Nickel
- Squalling Panther Blues
- Bye Bye Baby Blues
- Deep Bass Boogie
- Climbing On Top Of The Hill
- Right From Wrong
- Can't You Trust Me No More?
- I Done Lost My Baby
- Steady Roll Mama Blues

- How Long How Long Blues
- You Don't Mean Me No Good
- Must I Keep On Crying
- Letter Writing
- Slave Man Blues
- Rising River Blues
- 12 O'Clock Midnight
- You Brought Me Back
- Going Back To Florida




Document DLP 506
301988Bumble Bee Slim (Amos Easton)   1934-1937

LP track sequence:
- Burned Down Mill (tk A)
- You Can't Take It, Baby
- Bleeding Heart Blues
- Policy Dream Blues
- Hey Lawdy Mama
- When The Sun Goes Down
- Cold Blooded Murder - No. 2
- When Somebody Loses (tk 2)
- Ramblin' With That Woman

- New Orleans Stop Time (tk 2)
- When The Music Sounds Good (tk 2)
- New Bricks In My Pillow
- Any Time At Night
- Green Country Gal
- My Big Moments (tk 1)
- Big Six
- Rough Treatment
- I'm Having So Much Trouble

CD track sequence:
- Burned Down Mill
- You Can't Take It Baby
- Bleeding Heart Blues
- Policy Dream Blues
- Right From Wrong
- Hey Lawdy Mama
- Steady Roll Mama Blues
- When The Sun Goes Down
- Cold Blooded Murder (II)
- How Long How Long Blues
- When Somebody Loses
- Ramblin' With That Woman
- New Orleans Stop Time
- When The Music Sounds Good
- New Bricks In My Pillow
- Any Time At Night
- Slave Man Blues
- Green Country Gal
- My Big Moments
- Big Six
- Rough Treatment
- I'm Having So Much Trouble
- Going Back To Florida




Best of Blues BOB 9
(Austria 1988)


(=) Best of Blues CD 6
(Austria 2004)
"Best of Blues Vol. 6"

311988OJL's GA - The Black Country Music Of Georgia 1927-36

Tampa Red
- Down In Spirit Blues
Buddy Moss
- Jealous Hearted Man
Lillie Mae
- Wise Like That
Sam Montgomery
- King Of Knaves No. 2
Sylvester Weaver
- Rock Pile Blues

Bumble Bee Slim
- Hey Lawdy Mama
Charlie Lincoln
- Ugly Papa

Rufus & Ben Quilian
- Keep It Clean
Eddie Head & Family
- Lord, I'm The True Vine
Kokomo Arnold
- Model "T" Woman Blues
Georgia Tom
- Hear Me Beefing At You
Sara Martin
- Useless Blues
Barbeque Bob
- Crooked Woman Blues
Luther Magby
- Jesus Is Getting Ready For The Great Day
Rev. Gates
- David & Uriah
notes by Don Kent
click to enlarge !
Origin OJL-25

OJL discography

321989Roots Of The Postwar Blues

- New Little Pretty Mama (Tee-Ninecy Mama) - Leroy's Buddy
- Crawling King Snake - Tony Hollins
- If You See My Rooster (Please Run Him Home) - Memphis Minnie
- A Hard Pill To Swallow - Son Bond
- Beer Drinking Woman - Memphis Slim
- Sweet Man Blues - Little Buddy Doyle
- West Coast Blues - Walter Davis
- Mattie Mae Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Tired Of Your Low Down Ways - Leroy Carr
- Piggly Wiggly - Charlie McFadden
- My Little Machine - Sonny Boy Williamson
- First Time I Met You - Little Brother Montgomery
- Black Angel Blues - Bessie Jackson
- Renewed Love Blues - Little Buddy Doyle

- Rough Treatment - Bumble Bee Slim
- She Fooled Me - Washboard Sam

notes by Tom Carter
[= Mike Rowe]

Swingtime/Bluetime BT 2015
(Dk)
331990Bumble Bee Slim (Amos Easton) Vol. 1   (1932-1934)

- M And O Blues - Part 1
- M And O Blues - Part 2
- The New B & O Blues
- Runnin' Drunk Blues
- East St.Louis Blues
- Busy Devil
- Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On
- Step Child
- Sad And Lonesome

- Cruel Hearted Woman Blues - Part 1
- Cruel Hearted Woman Blues - Part 2
- The Longest Day You Live - Part 1
- The Longest Day You Live - Part 2
- Blue Blues
- Rough Road Blues
- Ain't It A Crying Shame
- Bad Gal
- I Tried Everything I Could


RST Blues Documents BD-2085
341991Bumble Bee Slim (Amos Easton) Vol. 2   (1934-1935)

- Bad Gal
- Aching Pain Blues
- Mean Mistreatin' Woman
- Worrisome Woman Blues
- Muddy Water Blues
- I Tried Everything I Could
- My Troubles
- Blues Before Daylight
- My Black Gal Blues No.1
- My Black Gal Blues No.2

- Let's Pitch A Boogie Woogie
- Tired Of Your Low Down Nasty Ways
- Good Evening Blues
- Farewell Mistreater Blues
- B And O Line Blues
- Good Woman Blues
- Some Old Rainy Day
- Tell Me What It's All About
- You Gotta Change Your Way
- Big 80 Blues


RST Blues Documents BD-2108
34a1991Bumble Bee Slim (Amos Easton)   (1931-1937)

- No Woman No Nickel
- Squalling Panther Blues
- Bye Bye Baby Blues
- Deep Bass Boogie
- Climbing On Top Of The Hill
- Right From Wrong
- Can't You Trust Me No More?
- I Done Lost My Baby
- Steady Roll Mama Blues
- How Long How Long Blues
- You Don't Mean Me No Good
- Must I Keep On Crying
- Letter Writing
- Slave Man Blues
- Rising River Blues
- 12 O'clock Midnight
- You Brought Me Back
- Going Back To Florida




Story of the Blues 3501-2
(Austria)
351994Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 1   (1931-1934)
Complete Recorded Work in Chronological Order

- Rough Rugged Road Blues
- No Woman No Nickel
- Stumbling Block Blues
- Chain Gang Bound
- Yo Yo String Blues
- Honey Bee Blues
- Greasy Greens
- I'm Waitin' On You
- B And O Blues
- Queen Bee Blues
- M And O Blues - Part I
- M And O Blues - Part II
- Someday Things Will Be Breaking My Way
- Baby So Long
- Lost Confidence Blues
- The New B & O Blues
- Wrecked Life Blues
- Runnin' Drunk Blues
- East St. Louis Blues
- Busy Devil
- Squalling Panther Blues
- Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On
- Dead And Gone Mother

notes by Jerry Zolten

Document DOCD-5261
361994Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 2   (1934)
Complete Recorded Work in Chronological Order

- Step Child
- Sad And Lonesome
- Bye Bye Baby Blues
- Cruel Hearted Woman Blues - Part 1
- Cruel Hearted Woman Blues - Part 2
- The Longest Day You Live - Part 1
- The Longest Day You Live - Part 2
- Deep Bass Boogie
- Blue Blues
- Rough Road Blues
- New Mean Mistreater Blues
- Climbing On Top Of The Hill
- Ain't It A Crying Shame
- Bad Gal (tk A)
- Bad Gal (tk B)
- I Tried Everything I Could
- Sail On Little Girl No. 2
- Aching Pain Blues
- Cold-blooded Murder
- Burned Down Mill (tk A)
- Burned Down Mill (tk B)
- Mean Mistreatin' Woman
- Worrisome Woman Blues
- Mean Bad Man
- Muddy Water Blues

notes by Jerry Zolten

Document DOCD-5262
371994Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 3   (1934-1935)
Complete Recorded Work in Chronological Order

- I Tried Everything I Could
- My Troubles
- Blues Before Daylight
- Running Bad Luck Blues
- You Can't Take It Baby
- Way Down In Georgia
- My Black Gal Blues No. 1
- My Black Gal Blues No. 2
- Bleeding Heart Blues
- Let's Pitch A Boogie Woogie
- Tired Of Your Low Down Nasty Ways
- Good Evening Blues
- Farewell Mistreater Blues
- B And O Line Blues
- Good Woman Blues
- Some Old Rainy Day
- There You Stand
- Tell Me What It's All About
- You Gotta Change Your Way
- Milk Cow Blues
- Everybody's Fishing
- Guilty Woman Blues
- Big 80 Blues
- Bricks In My Pillow

notes by Jerry Zolten

Document DOCD-5263
381994Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 4   (1935)
Complete Recorded Work in Chronological Order

- Policy Dream Blues
- If The Blues Was Whiskey
- Right From Wrong
- Feather Bed Blues
- What's Wrong?
- Mean Bloody Murder Blues
- Walking And Drifting Blues
- When The Sun Goes Down
- Can't You Trust Me No More?
- Where Was You Last Night?
- I Done Lost My Baby
- I'm Needing Someone
- The Death Of Leroy Carr
- Smoky Mountain Blues
- Sail On Sail On Blues
- Hey Lawdy Mama
- I Keep On Drinking - Part 1
- I Keep On Drinking - Part 2
- Sometimes Blues
- Steady Roll Mama Blues
- Fattenin' Frogs For Snakes
- Lemon Squeezing Blues
- When The Sun Goes Down
- Sail On Little Girl - No. 3
- Cold Blooded Murder - No. 2

notes by Jerry Zolten

Document DOCD-5264
391994Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 5   (1935-1936)
Complete Recorded Work in Chronological Order

- How Long How Long Blues
- You Don't Mean Me No Good
- New B & O Blues
- Prison Bound Blues
- My Old Pal Blues
- Last Respects
- Sloppy Drunk Blues
- D.B.A. Blues
- I'll Take You Back
- Sick And Tired Of Singing The Blues
- New When The Sun Goes Down
- Happy Life Blues
- When Somebody Loses
- Ramblin' With That Woman
- This Old Life I'm Living
- Dumb Tricks Blues (tk 1)
- Dumb Tricks Blues (tk 2)
- New Orleans Stop Time
- You Got To Live And Let Live
- Hard Rocks In My Bed
- Who's Been Here Today?
- I Done Caught My Death Of Cold
- No More Biscuit Rolling Here (tk 1)
- No More Biscuit Rolling Here (tk 2)

notes by Jerry Zolten

Document DOCD-5265
401994Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 6   (1936)
Complete Recorded Work in Chronological Order

- Meet Me In The Bottom (Hey Lawdy Mama)
- No Good Woman (Fighting Blues)
- When The Music Sounds Good (tk 2)
- When I Get My Money (I Mean That Bonus)
- New Bricks In My Pillow
- New Big 80 Blues
- New Policy Dream Blues
- Back In Jail Again
- Wet Clothes Blues
- Any Time A Night
- Fast Life Blues
- Rock Hearted Woman
- Cry On! Cry On!
- Ease Me Down
- Hard Driving Man
- Must I Keep On Crying
- Funny Feelin'
- Lady Friend (Get Yourself A Job)
- Letter Writing
- Upside Down (Since My Baby Get Away)
- New How Long How Long
- Honest Confession
- Christmas And No Santa Claus
- Buggie Bed

notes by Jerry Zolten

Document DOCD-5266
411994Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 7   (1936)
Complete Recorded Work in Chronological Order

- I'se Gonna Break 'em Down
- Blue Expression Blues
- Head Whippin' Party
- Santa Claus Bring Me A New Woman
- I'm Gonna Tear Your Kingdom Down
- Every Goodbye Ain't Gone
- True Blue
- Please Baby
- Green Country Gal
- If I Could Speak My Mind
- The Jive Of Mine
- Past And Gone
- Hobo Jungle Blues
- Slave Man Blues
- My Big Moments
- I'll Meet You In The Bottom
- Meet Me At The Landing
- Big Six
- Just Yesterday
- Rough Treatment
- Pains In My Body (tk 2)
- I'm Having So Much Trouble
- Rising River Blues (tk 1)

notes by Jerry Zolten

Document DOCD-5267
421994Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 8   (1937-1951)
Complete Recorded Work in Chronological Order

- Rising River Blues (tk 2)
- If I Make It Over
- She Never (tk 1)
- She Never (tk 2)
- 12 O'clock Southern Train
- 12 O'clock Midnight
- You Sure Look Good To Me
- Woman For Every Man (tk 1)
- Woman For Every Man (tk 2)
- Bumble Bee's New Muddy Water
- When Your Deal Goes Down
- Goodbye (I'll Try To Forget) (tk 1)
- Goodbye (I'll Try To Forget) (tk 2)
- Uncertain Blues (tk 1)
- You've Got To Do As I Bid You
- You Brought Me Here (tk 1)
- Going Back To Florida (tk 1)
- Good Old Easy Streets
- Lonesome Trail Blues
- Strange Angel
- Lonesome Old Feeling
- Ida Red

notes by Jerry Zolten

Document DOCD-5268
431997Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 9   (1934-1951)
Unissued test pressings & alternate takes

- Good Morning (tk A)
- Good Morning (tk B)
- Muddy Water (tk A)
- Muddy Water (tk B)
- Baby Fare You Well (tk A)
- Baby Fare You Well (tk B)
- Who's Been Here Today?
- I'm Going To Live My Life Alone (tk 1)
- I'm Going To Live My Life Alone (tk 2)
- One Lonesome Day (tk 1)
- One Lonesome Day (tk 2)
- Pains In My Body (tk 1)
- It Ain't No Trouble (tk 1)
- It Ain't No Trouble (tk 2)
- Uncertain Blues (tk 2)
- Cross County (tk 1)
- Cross County (tk 2)
- You Brought Me Here (tk 2)
- Going Back To Florida (tk 2)

notes by Jerry Zolten

Document DOCD-5570
441997Jumpin' & Jivin'

- Something's Goin' On In My Room - Daddy Cleanhead
- Tell It Like It Is - Roy Milton
- Lucy Brown - Duke Henderson
- Mad Lad Returns - Leo Parker
- Drink Up -- Light Up - Nelson Alexander Trio
- Baby, Don't Do That To Me - Roy Milton

- Sometimes - Amos Easton [Specialty unissued]
- When the Rooster Crows (aka I Want My Baby) - Joe Turner
- Hep Cat Boogie - Jimmy Liggins
- Baby, You Don't Know - Roy Milton
- Red Top - King Pleasure

- Ida Red - Amos Easton [Fidelity unissued]
- Cool Goofin' - Rudy Ferguson
- Wine Woogie - Marvin Phillips
- Twisted - Annie Ross

- Tiny's Boogie - Amos Easton [Fidelity unissued]
- If You Don't Know - Roy Milton
- I Must Have Been An Ugly Baby - King Perry
- Stop Talkin',
Walkin' - Eddie Jefferson
- Gonna Leave You Baby - Roy Milton
- Squattin' - Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
- Hole In The Wall - Floyd Dixon
- Got A Penny, Benny? - Joe Carroll
- Make Me Know It - Roy Milton
- Moody's Mood For Love (aka I'm In The Mood for Love) - King Pleasure



Specialty CD 7065 (US)

= Ace CDCHD 654 (UK)

45199?Scrapper Blackwell Vol. 2   1934-1958

- Morning Mail Blues
- Blues That Make Me Cry
- Mean Mistreater Mama (Joshua White, voc)
- She's Alright With Me (Joshua White, voc)
- D Blues
- A Blues
- My Old Pal Blues (Dedicated To The Memory Of Leroy Carr)
- Bad Liquor Blues
- Alley Sally Blues
- No Good Woman Blues

- The Death Of Leroy Carr (Bumble Bee Slim, voc)
- Smoky Mountain Blues (Bumble Bee Slim, voc)
- Motherless Boy Blues
- Wayback Blues
- Texas Stomp

- Sail On Sail On Blues (Bumble Bee Slim, voc)
- Hey Lawdy Mama (Bumble Bee Slim, voc)
- Little Girl Blues
- Life Of A Millionaire
- Little Boy Blue

- Blues

Document BDCD-6030
461998Bumble Bee Slim: The Blues: From Georgia To Chicago   1931-1937

disc 1:
- Chain Gang Bound
- Greasy Greens
- B and O Blues
- Dead And Gone Mother
- Policy Dream Blues
- If The Blues Was Whiskey
- I'm Needing Someone
- Smoky Mountain Blues
- Sail On Sail On Blues
- Fattening Frogs For Sankes
- My Old Pal Blues
- Sloppy Drunk Blues
- When Somebody Loses
- This Old Life I'm Living
- Dumb Tricks Blues
- You Got To Live And Let Live
- I Done Caught My Death Of Cold

disc 2:
- No More Biscuits Rolling Here
- Meet Me In The Bottom
- When The Music Sounds Good
- New Police Dream Blues
- Any Time At Night
- I'se Gonna Break 'em Down
- Please Baby
- The Jive Of Mine
- Slave Man Blues
- My Big Moments
- Meet Me At The Landing
- Rough Treatment
- Rising River Blues
- She Never
- 12 O'clock Southern Train
- You Sure Look Good To Me
- Woman For Every Man
- Going Back To Florida

2 CD set

Fremeaux & Ass. FA 261
471999Broke, Black And Blue
An Anthology Of Blues Classics And Rarities

disc 1
Up Country Blues
- Barrel House Blues - Ed Andrews
- Georgia Stockade Blues - Tom Delaney
- Sun Brimmers Blues - Memphis Jug Band
- Goin' To Leave You Blues - Big Boy Cleveland
- Dry Bone Shuffle - Blind Blake
- Up Country Blues - DeFord Bailey
- Dead Drunk Blues - Sippie Wallace
- Original Stack O'Lee Blues - Long 'Cleve' Reed
- Easy Rider Don't You Deny My Name - Barbecue Bob
- Bo Lita - Kid Brown
- Everybody Help The Boys Come Home - William & Versey Smith
- Church Bells Blues - Luke Jordan
- Two Ways To Texas - Emery Glen
- It Won't Be Long Now - Barbecue Bob & Laughing Charley
- Bottleneck Blues - Weaver & Beasley
- Rock Island Blues - Lewis Black
- Midnight Blues - Bill Moore
- Fare Thee Blues - Johnnie Head
- My Monday Woman Blues - Jim Jackson
- What's The Matter Blues - Frank Stokes
- School Girl Blues - Rosie Mae Moore
- Cool Drink Of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Left Alone Blues - Ishman Bracey
- T And T Blues - Mooch Richardson
- TC Johnson Blues - T. C. Johnson


disc 2
Broke & Hungry Blues
- Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacey
- No More Women Blues - Alger "Texas" Alexander
- How Long, How Long Blues - Willie Jackson
- Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay
- Chicken Wilson Blues - Chicken Wilson
- Stack O' Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
- Broke And Hungry Blues - Peg Leg Howell
- Funny Feathers - Victoria Spivey
- Pitchin' Boogie - William Ezell
- Mr- Devil Blues - Jed Davenport
- Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey
- Weary Heart Blues - James Wiggins
- Poor Man Blues - Henry Townsend
- Framer's Blues - Eli Framer
- Trinity River Blues - T-Bone Walker
- Heavy Suitcase Blues - Charley Taylor
- Traveling Mama Blues - Joe Calicott
- Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues - Garfield Akers
- Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins
- Walking Blues - Son House
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Long Ways from Home - Louise Johnson
- Frisco Blues - Bayless Rose
- Good Boy Blues - Arthur Petties
- No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery


disc 3
Good Whiskey Blues
- Married Man Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- 22-20 Blues - Skip James
- Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins
- Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr
- Fat Mama Blues - Jabo Williams
- Never Mind Blues - Georgia Boyd
- Twelves (Dirty Dozens) - Kokomo Arnold
- Little Leg Woman - Big Joe Williams
- That's What My Baby Likes - Bessie Jackson
- Good Whiskey Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Strut That Thing - Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Teasin' Brown Blues - Louie Lasky

- Cold Blooded Murder, No. 2 - Bumble Bee Slim
- Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind - Blind Boy Fuller
- Ashes In My Whiskey - Walter Davis
- It's Cold in China Blues - The Mississippi Moaner
- Jockey Blues - Jazz Gillum
- Prisoner Blues - George Clarke
- Back Door Blues - Casey Bill Weldon
- Don't Sell It (Don't Give It Away) - Buddy Woods
- Booker T. Blues - Washboard Sam
- Hard Scufflin' Blues - Little Buddy Doyle
- Jersey Belle Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Baby, Please Don't Tell On Me - Tommy McClennan


disc 4
Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame
- East St.Louis Blues - Faber Smith, Jimmy Yancey
- Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - Bukka White
- Can't You Read - Big Maceo Merriweather
- Life Is Like That - Memphis Slim
- Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forrest City Joe
- Horse Shoe Boogie - Lee Brown
- Ruby Moore Blues - Lee Brown
- Low Land Blues - Lee Brown
- Round The World Blues - Lee Brown
- Rock That Boogie - Jimmie Gordon
- Fast Life - Jimmie Gordon
- Mistreated Blues - Jimmie Gordon
- I Ain't Like That No More - Jimmie Gordon
- Chain Gang Blues - Johnny Temple
- Yum, Yum, Yum - Johnny Temple
- My Baby's Acting Funny - Jimmie Gordon
- It's Time To Go - Jimmie Gordon
- That Woman's A Pearl Diver - Jimmie Gordon
- Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame - Jimmie Gordon
- I Believe I'll Go Downtown Again - Johnny Temple
- Something In The Moon That Gives Me A Thrill - Johnny Temple
- Dixie Flyer - Johnny Temple
- Believe My Sins Have Found Me Out - Johnny Temple
- Rhythm Mama - Johnny Temple
- New Little Girl, Little Girl - Lee Brown


4 CD set,   40 page
booklet by Joop Visser





Proper CDBOX 7 (UK 1999)
482000Bumble Bee Slim: Baby So Long

- Chain Gang Bound
- No Woman No Nickel
- Greasy Greens
- M&o Blues, Pt. 1
- M&o Blues, Pt. 2
- Baby So Long
- Cruel Hearted Woman Blues, Pt. 1
- Cruel Hearted Woman Blues, Pt. 2
- Longest Day You Live, Pt. 1
- Longest Day You Live, Pt. 2
- Squalling Panther Blues
- Dead And Gone Mother
- I Done Lost My Baby
- You Don't Mean Me No Good
- Everybody's Fishing
- Back In Jail Again
- New Policy Dream Blues
- Must I Keep On Crying
- Slave Man Blues
- 12 O'clock Midnight


= ABM ABMMCD 1223
(UK 2000)

notes by Neil Slaven

Acrobat ACRCD 138
(2002)

492002The Essential Bumble Bee Slim

disc 1:
- Bricks in My Pillow
- Policy Dream Blues
- Everybody's Fishing
- Chain Gang Bound
- Someday Things Will Be Breaking My Way
- Tell What It's All About
- D.B.A. Blues
- Can't You Trust Me No More
- New B & O Blues
- Rambling With That Woman
- New Orleans Stop Time
- I Done Caught My Death of Cold
- Let's Pitch a Boogie Woogie
- Back in Jail Again
- When the Music Sounds Good
- Steady Roll Mama Blues
- Sometimes
- Tiny's Boogie

disc 2:
- Sloppy Drunk Blues
- Bleeding Heart Blues
- Bad Girl
- No Woman No Nickel
- Baby So Long
- Deep Bass Boogie
- Squalling Panther Blues
- Dead and Gone Mother
- Hey Lawdy Mama
- Mean Mistreatin' Woman
- You Can't Take It Baby
- When Somebody Loses
- No Good Woman
- I'se Gonna Break 'Em Down
- This Old Life I'm Living
- New Big 80 Blues
- Wet Clothes Blues
- No More Biscuit Rolling Here

2 CD set
notes by Terry Heath

Document CBL 200031


Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 58
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 61-62
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, pp. 232-239
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 75
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, pp. 337-338
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, pp. 167-168
- http://sundayblues.org/archives/tag/bumble-bee-slim
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: Front cover of Pacific Jazz PJ-54

thanks to Alan Balfour for additional info / scans

 

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